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In a statement to police, Tomohiro Iwazaki, the man who confessed to stabbing 20 year old Mayu Tomita said, "I sent her presents, but I felt indignant when they were returned. I asked her on the spot what the problem was, but when she gave me vagu...

As previously reported, Arashi released a double A-side single "I seek/ Daylight" last May 18. The two songs are currently used as theme songs for dramas starring Satoshi Ohno (Sekaiichi Muzukashii Koi) and Jun Matsumoto (99.

I've never felt like learning about old art or European art history. I know Vincent Van Gogh is an important post-impressionist painter who cut off his ear and gave it to a prostitute. But I've never actively sought out his art or set it as a phon...

"Touken Ranbu: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji," the first stage play adaptation of DMM's Touken Ranbu online browser game ended its 16 days run with 24 performances in Tokyo and Osaka yesterday, May 20. In commemoration of its successful run, Marvelous' o...

Koki Tanaka's band INKT revealed in a blog post that they'll be heading over to France have their very first concert held in Europe! The concert came in fruition thanks to a collaboration with the France based company "Asia Entertainment", who hel...

One Piece. com officially announced today that a new two-hour TV special One Piece -Heart of Gold- is scheduled to be aired on Fuji TV and its affiliates at 21:00 on July 16 (JST). It tells a prequel story to the upcoming One Piece Film Gold, and ...

The official website of the Love Live! Sunshine! ! project has revealed that the TV anime will start airing from July 2nd, this Summer 2016 anime season. In addition, a brand new visual of the anime has been unveiled in the latest issue of Dengeki...

Kenneth Shinzato OKINAWA (TR) - Okinawa Prefectural Police said on Friday that a male U. S. civilian employee at Kadena Air Base has admitted to the rape and killing of a 20-year-old woman from Uruma City whose body was found on Thursday, reports ...

Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Hibike! Euphonium) have announced a new project to celebrate the birthdays of the characters from the anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda and Nikki Asada's Hibike! Euphonium (Sound!

Sekai Project mostly known for their visual novel translations and localization, announced two new titles at this weekend's Anime Central, from Chloro comes visual novel 2236 A. D. , and from Broken Desk, the side-scrolling action game, MAGICAL×SP...

NEWS SCANDAL member MAMI has been hospitalized due to poor physical condition. She will need at least a week of recovery time. SCANDAL have postponed their May 19th and 20th concerts at Osaka's Namba Hatch because of this turn of events.

It was reported that a 20-year-old idol Tomita Mayu who is also a third year college student, was stabbed in the neck, chest, arms and back more than 20 times by her fan on May 21 at around 5:05 p. m. Though she was taken to the hospital, she is i...

'嵐でピンチ! ' (Arashi de Pinchi! ) "In a Stormy Pinch! " Hai-Furi continues to be unable to maintain seriousness for more than half an episode, so per the familiar formula this week we need to goof off for around five minutes before we get to the juic...

Great news, Singapore! Pokemon Café is coming to a big shopping mall, BugisJunction in Singapore on May 27th. Pokemon Café was held temporary by PARCO and THEGUESTcafe&diner in four major cities of Japan in January to March last year and it was a ...

Rhythm games, RPGs and even Touhou have collided with Taiko Drum Master: Doko Don! Mystery Adventure, as the game employs the classic rhythm game action that fans love but also implementing some RPG staples to maximize the game's appeal to otaku a...

At this weeked's Anime Central convention, visual novel localizer/distributors MangaGamers announced that the next installment of murder mystery Higurashi, specifically third chapter,Tatarigoroshi, will be out on June 24th on their site and Steam.

The Gundam ONA (web anime) based on Yasuo Ohtagaki's popular mecha manga of the same name, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, is headed from the internet and into theaters with Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky, and Bandai Visual is teasin...

Final Fantasy XV has taken a break from showing off its controversial battle system to instead revel in its many astoundingly lush landscapes, an aspect of the game that even the most harsh critics can hopefully lust after a bit.

Previously if you have wanted to purchase a physical copy of the 12-episode Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV anime, your only option has been to purchase three volumes containing four episodes each. Despite the first volume going on sale in early-2012...

Above: Promotional trailer for Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale. As fans of the successful media franchise will already know, there is a new Sword Art Online film on the horizon. Known as Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale, which i...

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